[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 183 (Thursday, September 21, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 48904]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23365]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
43-CFR Public Land Order 7160
[CO-935-1430-01; COC-55991]
Withdrawal of National Forest System Lands for Telluride Ski
Area; Colorado
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Public land order.
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SUMMARY: This order withdraws approximately 4,000 acres of National
Forest System lands from mining for 50 years to protect recreational
resources and facilities at the Telluride Ski Area. These lands have
been and will remain open to such forms of disposition as may by law be
made of National Forest System lands and to mineral leasing.
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 21, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris Chelius, BLM Colorado State
Office, 2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, Colorado 80215-7076, 303-239-
3706.
By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior
by Section 204 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976,
43 U.S.C. 1714 (1988), it is ordered as follows:
1. Subject to valid existing rights, the following described
National Forest System lands are hereby withdrawn from location and
entry under the United States mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1988)), for
protection of facilities and resources at the Telluride Ski Area:
Uncompahgre National Forest
New Mexico Principal Meridian
T. 42 N., R. 9 W.,
Sec. 1, lots 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\;
Sec. 2, lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, S\1/2\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\, and
SE\1/4\;
Sec. 4, lot 2;
Sec. 9, S\1/2\S\1/2\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\;
Sec. 10, W\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, W\1/
2\SW\1/4\, and E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 11;
Sec, 12, W\1/2\;
Sec. 13, W\1/2\;
Sec. 14;
Sec. 15, E\1/2\ and NW\1/4\;
Sec. 22, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
Sec. 23, N\1/2\;
Sec. 24, NW\1/4\.
T. 43 N., R. 9 W.,
Sec. 33, lots 18, 19, and 20;
Sec. 34, lots 17, 18, 22, 23, and 24;
Sec. 35, lots 28, 29, 30, 31, and 32.
The areas described aggregate approximately 4,000 acres of National
Forest System lands in San Miguel County. This withdrawal includes all
National Forest System lands and excludes any privately owned lands
within the described areas.
2. The withdrawal made by this order does not alter the
applicability of those public land laws governing the use of National
Forest System lands under lease, license, or permit, or governing the
disposal of their mineral or vegetative resources other than under the
mining laws.
3. This withdrawal will expire 50 years from the effective date of
this order unless, as a result of a review conducted before the
expiration date pursuant to Section 204(f) of the Federal Land Policy
and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714(f) (1988), the Secretary
determines that the withdrawal shall be extended.
Dated: September 5, 1995.
Bob Armstrong,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 95-23365 Filed 9-20-95; 8:45 am]
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